Christopher Isherwood gives fascinating insight into pre-war Berlin. MR NORRIS CHANGES
TRAINS The first of Christopher Isherwood's classic 'Berlin' novels this portrays the
encounter and growing friendship between young William Bradshaw and the urbane and mildly
sinister Mr Norris. Piquant witty and oblique it vividly evokes the atmosphere of pre-war
Berlin and forcefully conveys an ironic political parable. GOODBYE TO BERLIN The
inspiration for the film Cabaret and for the play I Am a Camera this novel remains one of the
most powerful of the century a haunting evocation of the gathering storm of the Nazi terror.
Told in a series of wry detached and impressionistic vignettes it is an unforgettable
portrait of bohemian Berlin a city and a world on the very brink of ruin.
